A rare Bristol armorial jug c.1775, finely painted with the arms of Pye of Faringdon, a shaped shield of Ermine a bend indented gules within a puce rococo border, the crest a cross crosslet between wings, flanked by flower sprays, the grooved handle with elaborate gilt borders, 13.6cm. The two most likely members of the Pye family for whom this jug might have been made are Admiral Sir Thomas Pye (c.1708/9-1785) who served during the American Wars of Independence; and Henry James Pye (1745-1813), MP for Berkshire and Poet Laureate from 1790.